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Albert Pujols - 2008 NL MVP


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Per ESPN

 

Pujols beats out Howard for NL MVP award

Associated Press

 

NEW YORK -- St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols has won his second National League Most Valuable Player award.

 

Pujols won by a comfortable margin over Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. Milwaukee's Ryan Braun was third and Los Angeles outfielder Manny Ramirez came in fourth after playing just two months with the Dodgers.

 

Pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 RBIs despite playing much of the season with a sore right elbow. The Cardinals finished fourth in the NL Central.

 

Pujols got 18 of the 32 first-place votes. He also won the award in 2005.

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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 17, 2008 -> 03:28 PM)
Hmmm, a few years ago Pujols complained that someone won the award over him despite their team missing the playoffs. I wonder if his opinion's changed now.

Albert was asked a few weeks ago who he'd give the MVP to, he said that since his team didn't make the playoffs he would give it to Howard.

 

Pujols was 100% deserving, I don't give a s*** what his team did he was by FAR the best player in baseball this season.

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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 18, 2008 -> 12:27 AM)
I think it's worth noting that St. Louis won 86 games (which would have won the division in the West), and I would like to imagine that they are probably a 76 or fewer win team without Pujols.

Well Pujols finished with a VORP right around 100 (by far the highest in the game, Hanley was 2nd at like 80) and typically 10 points in VORP = 1 win, so at least according to Value Over Replacement Player Pujols was worth about 10 extra wins to the Cardinals making them a 76 win team without him.

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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 18, 2008 -> 02:36 PM)
Well Pujols finished with a VORP right around 100 (by far the highest in the game, Hanley was 2nd at like 80) and typically 10 points in VORP = 1 win, so at least according to Value Over Replacement Player Pujols was worth about 10 extra wins to the Cardinals making them a 76 win team without him.

 

damn, I'm good...I didn't even look either.

 

I'd like to think it's more too because I strongly doubt Ludwick and probably Glaus as well (though the transition from AL to NL is a bit easier) have the years they do without Pujols in the lineup.

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